Ex Parte Allan

Petitioner seeks by his application for the writ of mandamus to review the decree of the circuit court of Jefferson awarding to his wife an allowance for separate maintenance, for an attorney’s fee for representing her in the proceedings, and for other relief. There was in respondent's (the wife’s) original bill no prayer for relief by way of fl. decree of divorce, but the decree rendered will remain open for modification or change at any time in a proper proceeding to that end. Epps v. Epps, 218 Ala. 667, 120 So. 150.

Two questions are raised on this hearing: (1) The jurisdiction of the…